Claude Sonnet 4

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4 launch post cover
Context
200Ktokens
Released
1y ago

Claude Sonnet 4 is an Anthropic model that succeeds Claude Sonnet 3.7 as part of the Claude 4 generation, introduced alongside Claude Opus 4. Anthropic presents it as a major upgrade over its predecessor, claiming better coding and reasoning, more precise instruction-following, and that both Claude 4 models are 65% less likely than Sonnet 3.7 to take shortcuts on the agentic tasks most susceptible to them. It is built for coding, advanced reasoning, and AI agents, and runs in two modes, near-instant responses and extended thinking.

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Level

Mid-tierThe lab's everyday default: strong on most tasks at a mid-range price.

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Additional source evidence
Source model
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-20250514
Source family
claude-sonnet
Last updated
2025-05-22
Knowledge cutoff
2025-03-31
Model context
200K
Model output limit
64K
Open weights
No
File attachments
Yes
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Temperature control
Yes

Published benchmarks

BenchmarkScoreEvaluation detailsEvidence
Aider Polyglot61.3 · percent correct2025-05-24Source
Complete source record (JSON)
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Text provenance

Transitioning

Claude text watermarking

Anthropic says Claude models launched before August 2, 2026 have a transition period and are being moved to the same watermarking system over time.

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Frequently asked questions

Capabilities and specs

Generated from Vertical Tabs data, updated November 11, 2026.

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